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Christopher Plummer
1929-2021
Who Was Christopher Plummer?
Award-winning actor Christopher Plummer was classically trained as a stage actor and headlined for Britain's National Theatre, making his film debut in 1958's Stage Struck. Throughout his career, he has passed up blockbuster movies for smaller films. Nonetheless, he is probably best known as Captain Von Trapp in the 1965 musical movie The Sound of Music. Plummer has also won Tony Awards for his work in Cyrano (1973) and Barrymore (1997) and later won a supporting actor Oscar for the 2010 film Beginners.
Quick Facts
FULL NAME: Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer
BORN: December 13, 1929
DIED: February 5, 2021
BIRTHPLACE: Toronto, Ontario
SPOUSES: Tammy Grimes, Patricia Lewis, and Elaine Taylor
CHILDREN: Amanda
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Sagittarius
Early Life and Career
Born Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer on December 13, 1929, in Toronto, Plummer grew up in Montreal as an only child and his mother exposed him to the arts at an early age, taking him to see many plays and performances. Plummer first studied the piano
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Christopher Plummer
ACTOR
1929 - 2021
Christopher Plummer
Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer (December 13, 1929 – February 5, 2021) was a Canadian actor. His career spanned seven decades, gaining him recognition for his performances in film, stage and television. His accolades included an Academy Award, two Tony Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards, making him the only Canadian recipient of the "Triple Crown of Acting". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christopher Plummer has received more than 20,335,261 page views. His biography is available in 93 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 94 in 2019). Christopher Plummer is the 198th most popular actor (down from 150th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Canada and the 4th most popular Canadian Actor.
Christopher Plummer is most famous for his role as King George VI in the film The King's Speech.
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Christopher Plummer: 8 Decades Of Acting
Veteran Canadian actor Christopher Plummer died on February 5, 2021 after a fall, at the age of 91. His legacy of work in an acting career that spanned 8 decades and garnered 2 Tony Awards, 2 Emmy Awards, and 3 Academy Awards nominations in the past 11 years during his 80’s. He won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Beginners (2012) at 82, becoming the oldest actor to win an acting Academy Award.
Below, Christopher Plummer gave an interview to The National‘s Peter Mainsbridge in 2015 and reflected on his career and recognition.
Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer was born on December 13, 1929 in Toronto, Ontario. His childhood was one of wealth, as the great grandson of former Canada’s 3rd Prime Minister, Sir John Abbott. Like fellow Canadian actor and occasional costar William Shatner, he grew up in Quebec, and attended McGill University.
Plummer began his professional career on stage with the Montreal Repertory Theatre (where he and Shatner first met). His internship at the Cana
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